Funding search · EIN 357294609 · Detroit, MI

The Gilbert Family Foundation

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$342.5M
in grants paid
468
grants
243
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $19.2M

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $16.5M

    Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $8.2M

    Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $6.9M

    Invest Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $3.9M

    Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $2.9M

    Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $2.6M

    Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $2.6M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $2.6M

    Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $2.5M

    Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $2.5M

    Delaware State University · Dover, DE · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $2.4M

    United Community Housing Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $1.6M

    M1 Rail · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $1.6M

    Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $1.5M

    Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $1.4M

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louise, MO · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.4M

    Eastern Market Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.4M

    Children'S Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Brain tumor initiative

  • $1.2M

    North Corktown Neighborhood Association · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $1.1M

    Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.1M

    Michigan Women Forward · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.1M

    College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Gene therapy initiative

  • $1.1M

    United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Gene therapy initiative

  • $1.0M

    Detroit Development Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.0M

    Human-I-T · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $1.0M

    Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $963,270

    Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $900,000

    Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $879,302

    Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $879,000

    University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $854,917

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, ME · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $800,000

    Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $755,850

    Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength) · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $750,000

    Venture for America · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $605,000

    Play for a Cause Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $600,000

    The Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $580,713

    Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $511,172

    Sage Bionetworks · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Vision restoration initiative

  • $500,000

    Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $483,829

    Battelle Memorial Institute · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $457,500

    Build Institute · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $442,934

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $440,000

    University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Gene therapy initiative

  • $438,151

    Austrian Academy of Sciences · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $432,028

    Infixion Bioscience · Escondido, CA · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $431,345

    Green and Healthy Homes Initiative'S (Ghhi) · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $418,809

    Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $363,500

    Green Living Science · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $358,678

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Vision restoration initiative

  • $343,090

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $318,450

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $306,000

    Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $295,366

    University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Brain tumor initiative

  • $293,478

    Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $282,793

    Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $280,833

    Arts Beats & Eats Foundation · Royal Oak, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $250,000

    Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $250,000

    E Warren Development Corp · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $250,000

    Alzheimer'S Association · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $250,000

    Sidewalk Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $250,000

    The Startup · Manchester, VT · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $248,500

    Strategic Community Partners · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $234,245

    Nw Goldberg Cares · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $225,000

    Project Evergreen · Mentor, OH · 2024

    Vision restoration initiative

  • $210,000

    Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (New) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $203,000

    Connect Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $200,000

    Michigan Black Business Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $185,000

    Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $165,000

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $165,000

    Detroit Parks Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $159,525

    Green Door Initiative · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $150,000

    Culturesource · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $145,000

    360 Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $145,000

    Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corp · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $143,000

    Puente Cultural Integration · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Vision restoration initiative

  • $135,000

    Human Technopole · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $134,893

    Imrb · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $130,000

    Sadza Space · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Curing nf - general

  • $128,018

    Greektown Neighborhood Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $110,000

    Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $106,000

    Detroit Historical Society · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $104,800

    Slalom · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $100,000

    Citizen Robotics · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $100,000

    Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $100,000

    The Children'S Inn at Nih · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $93,578

    Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $90,000

    Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MI · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $75,000

    Shakespeare in Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $75,000

    B Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary grants

  • $75,000

    Basblue · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Next generation models

  • $67,500

    Data Driven Detroit L3c · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $65,165

    Public Sector Consultants · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $60,000

    Center for Community-Based Enterprise · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $60,000

    The Love Building · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $53,750

    Allied Media Project · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $52,000

    Macc Development · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Vision restoration initiative

  • $50,000

    American Heart Association · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Public spaces

  • $50,000

    Black Leaders Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Economic mobility

  • $50,000

    Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Detroit community initiatives

  • $50,000

    Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary grants

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.